I do it each year – I sow more courgette plants than I could possibly need, then I can’t bring myself to discard them. Before I know it I’m taking 6 courgettes home from the allotment each day, handing them to neighbours and dropping them in at the local church cafe. Courgettes have to be harvested regularly to keep them coming though, so you have no choice but to harvest them!
There are a lot of things you can do with courgettes (or zucchinis as they’re more often called over in the US). Here I’ve linked to 30 courgette recipes, from soup to pasta, curry to cake – now you have plenty of options to use up all those excess courgettes:
[hr gap=”5″]SOUP RECIPES
Carrot and courgette soup (250g of courgettes)
– Jamie Oliver
Courgette soup with fresh ginger & turmeric (2 courgettes)
– Abel & Cole
Courgette soup with watercress and pecorino pesto (450g of courgettes)
– Delia Online
Courgette soup with paprika and toasted almonds (4 courgettes)
– Ocado
Courgette and basil soup (6 or 7 courgettes)
– Riverford
Courgette & tomato soup (1kg of courgettes)
– BBC Good Food
Courgette, potato & cheddar soup (1kg of courgettes)
– BBC Good Food
GOULASH / CURRY RECIPES
Vegetable goulash (1 courgette)
– Netmums
Zucchini tomato goulash (2 medium courgettes)
– Blue Kitchen
Courgette curry (400g of courgettes)
– Food.com
Goulash in a dash (4 medium courgettes)
– BBC Good Food
STUFFED / FRITTERS / TORTILLA RECIPES
Courgettes with parmesan (4 medium courgettes)
– Knorr
Stuffed courgettes with ham and champignon mushrooms (3 courgettes)
– Artimondo
Courgette, potato and onion tortilla (3 medium or 2 large courgettes / 350g)
– Guardian
Baked courgettes stuffed with spiced lamb & tomato sauce (4 large courgettes)
– BBC Good Food
Stuffed courgettes with lamb and parmesan (4 large courgettes)
– Daily Express
Courgette fritters (4 courgettes / approx. 750g)
– Nigella
PASTA RECIPES
Cheesy pasta with courgette and peas (1 courgette)
– BBC
Chicken and courgette mini pasta shells (1 large courgette)
– Sainsbury’s
Pasta with courgettes (500g courgettes)
– Nigella
Creamy courgette & bacon pasta (4 courgettes)
– BBC Good Food
Courgette pasta with basil, cherry tomatoes and poached egg (4 medium size courgettes + spiralizer)
– Sutton Community Farm
Courgette lasagne (6 courgettes)
– Goodtoknow
Prawn & courgette spaghetti (5 courgettes)
– Jamie Oliver
Beautiful courgette carbonara (6 medium courgettes)
– Jamie Oliver
DESSERT RECIPES
Dean’s carrot and courgette cake (100g courgettes)
– ITV Lorraine
Chocoloate courgette cake (200g courgettes)
– Good Housekeeping
Lemon courgette cake (200g courgettes)
– National Trust
Courgette loaf (300g courgettes)
– Diabetes UK
Courgette & orange cake with cream cheese frosting (350g courgettes)
– BBC Good Food
